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Hand out I made for Betty Warmack Branch Library 1. READ Read with your child for 20 minutes a day. Take turns switching who does the reading. Afterwards, ask them the who, what, when, why and how of the story to make sure they are understanding what is read. If you have a teen and […]
Take 5: Resources for Working with Reluctant Readers
Audio Books, Graphic Novels, Guys Reading, No Flying No Tights, Orca Books, Professional Development, Reluctant Readers
|Who are reluctant readers? Reluctant readers are people who. . . Can Read, But Don’t (Aliteracy)A reluctant reader may have good reading skills, but chooses not to read. They will often say that they just don’t like to read. This is also called aliteracy; being able to read but uninterested in doing so. When we talk […]
Orca Soundings are high interest titles for teens reading at or below their reading level. Deadly by Sarah N. Harvey is a 2013 title from the Orca Soundings line. Synopsis: Amy and Eric are the perfect couple – popular, good looking, happy. But after they are seen arguing at a party, Amy disappears and Eric […]
Spring 2013 Hi/Lo Titles – New from Orca Book! As part of our Reluctant Reader week, we are so excited to be pairing with Orca Book for a great giveaway. You can enter to win a mini-collection of 2013 titles, chosen from these new titles below. Please visit the Orca Book webpage for a ton […]
Reluctant readers are those who, for whatever reason, do not like to read. Reluctant readers are typically students who are disengaged, struggling readers, many of which are not realizing success in any aspect of their school career. Educators encounter struggling readers in the classroom every day. These students need to be engaged in reading and […]
Beginning tomorrow, April 15th, we are celebrating and discussing Reluctant Readers this week with Orca Books. Tomorrow you can also begin entering a giveaway for a mini collection of books from Orca Books. I grew up in a family of readers. I have always read. And for 20 years now I have been a teen […]
I really don’t know what to think this week. I don’t know where we’re going as a society when we can’t hold people accountable for their actions because “they don’t know what they’re doing” or victims are “enticing them with what they’re wearing.” I know that we as a culture are growing less empathetic due […]
Book Review: Trinkets by Kirsten Smith
Book Reviews, Kirsten Smith, Shoplifting, Teen Issues, Trinkets
|“a stolen presentmeans way more than one that’s been boughtbecause of what you had to go through to get it.” – Kirsten Smith, Trinkets Don’t get caught is their mantra, but when they do, Tabitha, Elodie and Moe find out that these three girls who seem to have nothing in common have more in common […]
Like a lot of Middle and High School students, I started writing angsty teenage poetry with the best of them. And I love doing National Poetry Month (April) activities with my tweens and teens. Actually, you can read some of my poetry as I wrote a few poems as part of the awareness campaign for […]
Prom! That’s right, it is prom season. Last week as the girls and I were out shopping, we couldn’t help but look at the dresses EVERYWHERE. The tween and I spent some time looking at them, apparently you are never to young to start thinking about prom. We told one teen with a group of […]
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